Dutch is the official language of the Netherlands and one of Belgium’s 3 official languages (along with French and German). In Belgium it is the predominant language in the northern province of Flanders. I have had the opportunity to live in the Netherlands (in...

Russian is today an official language of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, as well as, in certain regions that are de jure part of Georgia (Abkhazia & South Ossetia), Moldova (Transnistria & Gagauzia), Ukraine (almost 10 oblasts), Romania...